Docgility recently unveiled the Virtual Collaboration Network (VCN), a foundational technology designed to facilitate multi-party, multi-company live contract negotiations. This blog defines live contract negotiations and describes the technology approaches used to facilitate this key advance in contract negotiations. Background In the enterprise contracting ecosystem, the most important metric is Contract Cycle Time (the time between contract intent and executed contract). L

Why Don’t Our Contracting Systems Talk to Each Other? In the modern enterprise, documents are usually static. But contracts? They are a different beast entirely. They undergo rigorous drafting, cross-departmental stakeholder review, and multi-party negotiations before reaching their final, executed state. Only upon signature do they transform into a static document that we store for compliance and reference. Yet, despite this highly collaborative nature, the common Contract

We’ve all heard the hype: AI agents will revolutionize business, automate workflows, and unlock massive efficiency. But in the high-stakes world of corporate contracting, the "how" matters just as much as the "what." To move beyond razzle-dazzle demos and into scalable, real-world utility, we have to talk about context. Without it, an AI is just a well-spoken stranger that knows nothing of your business but generates answers that sound reasonable but are often plain wrong. Th

We’ve been hearing the siren song of "AI Agents" for a while now. On paper, they are immensely powerful tools that promise to revolutionize how we work. In reality? Adoption is lagging. Despite the constant noise surrounding tech layoffs, these cuts are largely a byproduct of macroeconomic shifts rather than AI displacing workers—with software engineering being a notable outlier. In the legal sector, AI agents currently excel at high-impact demos and capturing "FOMO-driven" b

Today we launched the Docgility Virtual Collaboration Network (VCN)—a complex product that solves fundamental problems in contract negotiation. This post explains the technology and the problems addressed. The Core Value Proposition VCN enables live, multi-party, multi-company contract negotiations. Docgility VCN eliminates the time-consuming processes that plague traditional contracting: document ping-pong, version control chaos, and slow workflow processes. The Business Pro

Let me know if this sounds familiar: Identify the business need. Six months gathering requirements. Three months crafting an RFP. Three months evaluating vendors. Shortlist to three vendor finalists. Make the final purchase decision. Then here comes the really hard part - Implementation: 9 months to 2 years. Another year of training and rollout. And then? You realize it's too limited in functionality and too hard to use and rip it out. Worse yet, the problems it was purchase

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